Education

The CEO of Vetri Community Partnership on what the loss of federal SNAP-Ed funding might mean — and how you can help

The South Philly team has qualified for the Dragon Boat World Championship in Hualien, Taiwan in August. Now they just have to pay for it. This is where you  come in

Read by 4th responds to The Citizen’s critique of the city’s efforts to get kids reading

Here are the six steps we need to take, according to Heights Philadelphia’s President/CEO

Budget cuts. School closures. Structural deficit. Scant academic progress. Spin from District headquarters. Larry Platt asks: Is Superintendent Watlington up to being a transformational leader?

The Department of Education’s zeal to eliminate diversity efforts on campus has now veered into a small-print threat that could shatter independence — and financial viability — for local colleges. A longtime university president on what we can do about it

A former City Council and School Reform Commission member weighs in on what a $300 million budget deficit says about School District leadership

A deputy superintendent pushes back on a Citizen story that called the District’s Facilities Master Plan a sign of “managed decline”

In all the talk over closing and fixing Philly schools, there is no mention of building new ones that might serve the community better into the future. Can we look to New York City and Boston for solutions we should steal?

The president of a free market think tank urges Pennsylvania to opt in to help students — both public and private — with school costs